Pocono Drag Lodge Reunion

[LongIsland63SS409]

Found this while searching the web.

Looks like a possible reunion at the old Pocono Drag Lodge in Aug 2009.

I emailed them to see if their is a mailing list.

http://keystonegarageclub.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=517&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Mike

[novadose454]

very interesting..i heard of it..but didnt think it existed anymore......i smell convoy...

[LongIsland63SS409]

It's about 60 miles from Island Dragway.

Mike

[novadose454]

how far from nyc??? who cares about how far from island.....????

[LongIsland63SS409]

From Queens about 130 miles about a 2 1/2 hour drive.


Mike

[novadose454]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm sounds good to me....

[novadose454]

keep us informed......would make a great weekend getaway...

[LongIsland63SS409]

(Email I received today)

(This would be a great road trip for LID/LIMA)

Hi all- seems I goofed on the date, thanks Jim for bringing it to my attention! Want to do on saturday august 22, possible rain date aug 23. Still trying to decide how may tee shirts I need and How much to charge for admission to cover my expenses. Thanks for all the input and please send anything that you think of, it all helps!! Will send out something next week after I meet with the track owner!!



Hi All!

Well the exciting news is that I have received the blessing of the Bear Creek town board for the reunion at the old Drag Lodge!! Now the work begins. I have chosen the date as Saturday August 23; this seemed like a good fit with most of the folks I spoke to. Trouble is ,l work every oher weekend on my real and that only gives 2 weekends a month open. I am going to Kingston to meet with the owner of the track, Joe Perugino this saturday to iron out some details. I'm going to need help with some of the following; if there's anyway you can help or send me to someone that can help I sure would appreciate it. I'm footing the bill for most of this myself, and I'm hoping I can recoup the money by charging a small admission fee and selling tee shirts.
* Since I don't have any idea how many people will be showing up, I have no idea how many porta potties I will need. I'm going to talk to Tom Marroon since he said he might be able to help.
* How many tee shirts should I have made up?? I'm thinking a hundred; not sure what to do here as I have to shell out a good chunk of $$ for these, even wholesale. My tee shirt guy is making us up a logo which is pretty close to the original.
*Will need a generator for the dj and pa system, anyone help with this??
* Will need somebody to help with traffic control- anyone help with this, maybe the local boy scouts and possibly can give them a donation for helping?? Whats your thoughts?
* Dumpster and garbage cans, anyone help here or know someone who could give us a good deal??
* DJ Joe was going to spin the tunes but has the date spoken for; anyone know a DJ who could volunteers his/ her services, meaning work for free?? Or, I have tunes, anyone have any dj equipment we could use??
* I'm looking at a preliminary work party in april; ice storm bent a bunch of the trees over but they may straighten up by themselves. George Edwards has generously offered to give us crushed stone for the road.We need to clear trees and have gotten permission from Joe to clear whatever we need. The property lends itself to a great place to park the cars and sit. I'm thinking line the cars up side be side up the track for more space. Unfortunately we can't race but I'm going to set up what I call a "two cool shorts standin' side by side" parade up the track,, and the driver of the cars could either use the entire return lane in the shutdown area, or just pull onto the return road after the finish line and return. Anyone know a photographer who would set up at the start/ finish line to take pics that he could sell to the car owners?? I don't want anything for this setup; the photographer could make some money at it.
* I would like to make the reunion an annual event; depending how the first one goes, we can make subsequent events better as we go. I would like to sell swap meet spaces but am not sure how much room we would have available at this point. If it goes well the first year possibly I could talk about the possibility of having a burnout area. Would also like to be able to give out a plaque to participants eventually but can't do this time. Once we get some experience we can go forward.

Please pass the word to everyone. I'm going to post on the HAMB, jalopyjournal.com; get me some email addresses and I'll add to the list. Thanks to everyone for the help and enthusiasm. Will let everyone know more after I meet with Joe saturday.If there's anything obvious I should be looking at that I misssed, please let me know.

Charlie Hulsizer
e-mail- ecoair9798@aol.com

[LongIsland63SS409]

Reunion date changed to August 15th

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Hi everyone-
I had to roll back the date of the PDL reunion; the food concessionaire couldn't make it August 22, so it's going to be august 15, rain (perish the thought!!) or shine. Hope this is the last date change but can't promise that. I need some help with a few details: does anyone know anyone that could give us a quote or a good rate on portable toilets and a /or a dumpster/trash can package, or somebody they could recommend that I could call for a quote?? Since I'm out of the area I don't really know anyone or who would give us the best service at a decent price. I did get one quote and I was suprised how much it was for porta johns. Also looking at a saturday work party in April; will let you know when I can get something together for a date on that. Will br good to meet eveyone at the work party; even if you can't help, come on up, take a look and I sure am looking forward to meeting everyone. Thanks for all the help!! Keep those email addresses coming; up to almost 50 on the list!!!

Charlie Hulsizer
ecoair9798@aol.com


Mike